Re: Default Passwords for World Wide Packets/Lightning Edge Equipment

["Dobbins, Roland" <rdobbins () arbor net>]

On Jan 6, 2010, at 3:44 PM, Nathan Eisenberg wrote:

> I must not have been very clear.  I'm resetting these switches to factory defaults using the hardware reset button, 
> and attempting to log in using whatever the factory default passwords are. 

Right - what I'm saying is the fact that there are default passwords at all is horribly insecure, and that the vendor 
in question should be prodded to change this dangerous practice.

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